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London attack: Tulip Siddiq confirms she is fine

Bangladeshi-born British MP (Hampstead and Kilburn constituency) Tulip Siddiq confirmed she is safe and well after a terror terrorist attack near the Houses of Parliament. Tulip is the granddaughter of the father of the nation of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.She wrote on Twitter at 9.59 on Wednesday (UK local time): “I am fine and my office is fine.“Locked inside safe room in Parliament. Internet access very poor.” She added: “Thank you for positive messages.”

I am fine and my office is fine. Locked inside safe room in Parliament. Internet access very poor. Thank you for positive messages.

— Tulip Siddiq (@TulipSiddiq) 22 March 2017

Earlier five people were killed and about 40 injured in London after a car plowed into pedestrians and a suspected Islamist-inspired attacker stabbed a policeman close to Britain`s parliament.The dead, in what police called a "marauding terrorist attack," included the assailant and the policeman he stabbed. The other three victims were among those hit by the car as it sped across Westminster Bridge before crashing into railings just outside parliament.Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the attack as "sick and depraved".